Poems

LINCOLN

Fate struck the hour!A crisis hour of Time.

THE SONGS OF LOVE

Time's transient round of yearsOn fleeting wings may ride;But Love's perennial songsNe'er end with time nor tide.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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THE NEARER VIEW

I did not know such heights were to be won!I thought them inaccessible, remote,Shining in solitude approached by none;Silent and colorless, save there should floatA fleecy sunset cloud awhile to flushIts majesty; then chilled, drop down in tearsUpon the summit, frozen by the hushTo icy mantle thickening with the years.

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Thy will, O God, be done with me,For I am Thine!Above earth's clouds—from error free—My faith triumphant turns to Thee,O Father, Saviour mine!

THE VISION OF TRUTH

What traveler, wand'ring through some murky town,Begrimed with dirt and grim with lurking crime,But bears within him visions of a climeWhere peace and beauty vale and mountain crownWith gentle radiance, and the city's gownA robe of glory is; where hate nor timeHolds any slaves, where being is sublime,And Love knows neither nor jealous frown?
God's spirit falls on me as dewdrops on the rose,If I but like a rose my heart to Him unclose.

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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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WORK

Each common duty, like a crystal cup,With life's elixir foaming, brimmeth o'er.

WHENCE AND WHITHER

This life a dream, with an awakeningInto the truth of thinking, hearing, seeing?

THE LITANY OF LIGHT

Enfold , my heart, the harmonyThat falls from harps above;The hosts of hate storm not thy gate,Since all is Love.

DEFINITIONS OF WAR

Argument by cannon, with death as referee.

"NOW IS COME SALVATION."

What shall I render?

WHAT THE MASTER SAYS TO ME

Can you hear the whisper low — in the trees,Just at nightfall, when the sighing evening breezeFills the sacred moments with repose?